Accession No

2689

Brief Description

tailboard camera, by J. H. Dallmeyer and Marion and Company, English, c. 1870

Origin

England; London

Maker

Dallmeyer, J. H. Marion and Company

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1870

Inscription Date

Material

hide (leather); metal (brass, white metal) wood (mahogany); cloth (felt, velvet); plastic (ivorine); glass

Dimensions

case length 431mm; height 275mm; breadth 145mm; camera when closed: height 248mm; breadth including lens mount 225mm; depth including lens 182mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘J.H. DALLMEYER,
OPTICIAN
London’ (ivorine plaque screwed to back)
‘Marion & Co.
“UNITED RECTILINEAR”
1/2 PL.’ (lens)

Description Notes

Tailboard camera, by Dallmeyer, c. 1870.

Mahogany framed tailboard camera. Base with brass runners. Rack and pinion with knurled screw for focussing. Horizontal sliding plate with brass clamp for lens mount. Black leather bellows. Ground glass hinged door at rear for loading plate. Knurled brass clamps. Brass lens. Leather lens cap. Slit in top of lens for aperture slides.

Brown leather carrying case with handle and brass fittings containing spare wooden sliding plate for interchangeable lenses and leather case containing four aperture slides.

Condition good; complete

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